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Sustain :: Sustain (v. t.) Hence, to keep from sinking, as in despondence, or the like; to support..

Depression :: Depression (n.) Dejection; despondency; lowness.

Faint :: Faint (n.) To sink into dejection; to lose courage or spirit; to become depressed or despondent.

Fortitude :: Fortitude (n.) That strength or firmness of mind which enables a person to encounter danger with coolness and courage, or to bear pain or adversity without murmuring, depression, or despondency; passive courage; resolute endurance; firmness in confronting or bearing up against danger or enduring trouble..

Despondingly :: Despondingly (adv.) In a desponding manner.

Despond :: Despond (v. i.) To give up, the will, courage, or spirit; to be thoroughly disheartened; to lose all courage; to become dispirited or depressed; to take an unhopeful view..

Paralyze :: Paralyze (v. t.) Fig.: To unnerve; to destroy or impair the energy of; to render ineffective; as, the occurrence paralyzed the community; despondency paralyzed his efforts..

Dispond :: Dispond (n.) See Despond.

Unman :: Unman (v. t.) To deprive of the courage and fortitude of a man; to break or subdue the manly spirit in; to cause to despond; to dishearten; to make womanish.

Forebode :: Forebode (v. t.) To be prescient of (some ill or misfortune); to have an inward conviction of, as of a calamity which is about to happen; to augur despondingly..

Despair :: Despair (n.) Loss of hope; utter hopelessness; complete despondency.

Desponder :: Desponder (n.) One who desponds.

Buoy :: Buoy (v. t.) To support or sustain; to preserve from sinking into ruin or despondency.

Despondence :: Despondence (n.) Despondency.

Desponding :: Desponding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Despon.

Heartsick :: Heartsick (a.) Sick at heart; extremely depressed in spirits; very despondent.

Desertion :: Desertion (n.) Abandonment by God; spiritual despondency.

Despondent :: Despondent (a.) Marked by despondence; given to despondence; low-spirited; as, a despondent manner; a despondent prisoner..

Despondency :: Despondency (n.) The state of desponding; loss of hope and cessation of effort; discouragement; depression or dejection of the mind.

Dump :: Dump (v. t.) A dull, gloomy state of the mind; sadness; melancholy; low spirits; despondency; ill humor; -- now used only in the plural..

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